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but we also have to commemorate douglass as well.example, also the we have some interesting documents from members of the national association of colored women. mm hmm.erested in, both lincoln and douglass in the 1920s. and they would have these lincoln douglas days, where they her and make speeches and talk about the significance of both lincoln and douglass. so they're kind of twin twin emancipator. and she's saying that black children certainly should honor lincoln, but they should honor douglass as well. they should honor one of their own. i thought her piece was one of the best that was included. and are marvelous sources in here. but that one really struck home. yeah, absolutely. so let me ask you this. why did you think americans are so invested in lincoln as, the great emancipator? i you know, i always c-span is broadcasting something that i said in some program because i start getting hate mail as a consequence. so and some of it is absolutely. i can't describe it. i cannot express the words here on tng tinder your ears had
but we also have to commemorate douglass as well.example, also the we have some interesting documents from members of the national association of colored women. mm hmm.erested in, both lincoln and douglass in the 1920s. and they would have these lincoln douglas days, where they her and make speeches and talk about the significance of both lincoln and douglass. so they're kind of twin twin emancipator. and she's saying that black children certainly should honor lincoln, but they should honor...
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and douglass is very favorable. but then when when lincoln is nominated and then in his first inaugural address, douglass and other african-americans are quite critical. they think, well, we've i thought elected an anti-slavery president. why is he offering all of concessions to the rebels? but then once lincoln issues preliminary proclamation, it's really remarkable how how begin to change. and you have the enlistment of black and some of them. one of my favorite items in the book, a letter from john proctor and in south carolina. and he's freed by the emancipation proclamation and he writes to lincoln in the spring of 1863. and he talks about how he's been freed, how he has in the army, how he's looking forward to a little bit of revenge on his on his masters former master. but but then he says to lincoln he apologizes for his writing. he's writing he says, the only education i had i stole from my master, former master. and then he says. my one regret is that i won't have the pleasure seeing you with my own eyes.
and douglass is very favorable. but then when when lincoln is nominated and then in his first inaugural address, douglass and other african-americans are quite critical. they think, well, we've i thought elected an anti-slavery president. why is he offering all of concessions to the rebels? but then once lincoln issues preliminary proclamation, it's really remarkable how how begin to change. and you have the enlistment of black and some of them. one of my favorite items in the book, a letter...
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well, douglass, back down. he says if this is to be forced down, our in violation of the fundamental principle of free government under a mode of submission, that is a mockery and insult, i will resist it. the last well lines have been drawn. the sand and the vote. now going to go to the u.s. congress. the is actually pretty straightforward. they approve the competent constitution. the house of representatives much more. douglass is lobbying members of the house. buchanan is lobbying members of the house going back and forth. in the end, buchanan doesn't the votes. it's not going to pass. wisconsin constitution actually goes. he's very disappointed in this because believes it's legitimate. but the congress at this point is not ready to go. they're sort of rejecting again because wasn't a representative thing of of popular sovereignty. and for now they're back to square one in kansas with yet problem sort of unresolved all leading to the next election. now buchanan, of course, has taken a one term pledge. he is
well, douglass, back down. he says if this is to be forced down, our in violation of the fundamental principle of free government under a mode of submission, that is a mockery and insult, i will resist it. the last well lines have been drawn. the sand and the vote. now going to go to the u.s. congress. the is actually pretty straightforward. they approve the competent constitution. the house of representatives much more. douglass is lobbying members of the house. buchanan is lobbying members of...
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well, that frederick douglass did not have formal. he did not have formal education, but he wrote so beautifully. he trained himself and over the years he could compete with anyone on the planet in terms of writing, if that's the way. know so this this next is one that's actually a perfect follow up for the question we just had because the penmanship is very interesting. there are capital letters spread throughout the interior of words and so you get the sense that this this man was not a skilled writer. his name was zack burden. he was from indianapolis originally. he enlisted in the eighth u.s. colored troops when he was nine years old in november of 1864. he was a farmer and. he goes off to fight during the war and during the war. his shoes were too small. we about the subpar equipment and uniforms that people received. and so shoes were too small and he suffered a foot injury as a result that that plagued him for the rest his life. and he writes to lincoln about a number different things that are on his mind mind. february the sec
well, that frederick douglass did not have formal. he did not have formal education, but he wrote so beautifully. he trained himself and over the years he could compete with anyone on the planet in terms of writing, if that's the way. know so this this next is one that's actually a perfect follow up for the question we just had because the penmanship is very interesting. there are capital letters spread throughout the interior of words and so you get the sense that this this man was not a...
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douglass douglass, but you must know it will. come once i take possession and never retreat from it. wow. so. tell how you decided to visualize and dramatize that very complex relationship. and because it's quite powerful and it's got several issues, you know, conflated for reasons of the dramatic story, but a lot to unpack there. yeah, well, luckily the meeting was pretty well described by frederick douglass and by others, so it was the way to do it. because you knew we had these conversations. we even know that that's what douglass said. they talked about. so but the important thing was something even larger, i think, is that it showed the relationship between an agitator on outside and the inside politician. and they form a certain important leverage with each other. i mean, one of the things that that douglass later said after after lincoln died was that if you judged him by abolition standards, he would seem tardy, cold. but if you judge him by the standards of a president who has to get the country going along with him, the
douglass douglass, but you must know it will. come once i take possession and never retreat from it. wow. so. tell how you decided to visualize and dramatize that very complex relationship. and because it's quite powerful and it's got several issues, you know, conflated for reasons of the dramatic story, but a lot to unpack there. yeah, well, luckily the meeting was pretty well described by frederick douglass and by others, so it was the way to do it. because you knew we had these...
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douglass douglass, but you must know it will. come once i take possession and never retreat from it. wow. so. tell how you decided to visualize and dramatize that very complex relationship. and because it's quite powerful and it's got several issues, you know, conflated for reasons of the dramatic story, but a lot to unpack there. yeah, well, luckily the meeting was pretty well described by frederick douglass and by others, so it was the way to do it. because you knew we had these conversations. we even know that that's what douglass said. they talked about. so but the important thing was something even larger, i think, is that it showed the relationship between an agitator on outside and the inside politician. and they form a certain important leverage with each other. i mean, one of the things that that douglass later said after after lincoln died was that if you judged him by abolition standards, he would seem tardy, cold. but if you judge him by the standards of a president who has to get the country going along with him, the
douglass douglass, but you must know it will. come once i take possession and never retreat from it. wow. so. tell how you decided to visualize and dramatize that very complex relationship. and because it's quite powerful and it's got several issues, you know, conflated for reasons of the dramatic story, but a lot to unpack there. yeah, well, luckily the meeting was pretty well described by frederick douglass and by others, so it was the way to do it. because you knew we had these...
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rick douglass.on, whifranklin,e spectrum of. yet they all came around to this. how was it that they all were brought to this? ■utwven that they came from such different backgrounds or educated in such different ways. jeffrey: it must be the shining idea, embodied in this wisdom. isn't it remarkable? think of phyllis wheatley, the great african-american poet who is literally brought ern chains, but she is educated along with her masters children, and she reads this classical will -- classicalreads virtue, t the importance of self-mastery. think of frederick toklas -- think of frederick douglass who has by reading lessons on the street of baltimore with bread. he pays boys to teach him how to read because his master has forbidden him from being taught how to read. at that moment, he felt he was more crushed than when his body liberty was taken aw. he learned how to read and he finds this book called "the colombian order" the fate -- which he pay■[forhas experts of. it resolves him to become the greate
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justice, frederick douglass. favorite is the counterexample, frugality, james wilson and george mason's death. how did you settle upon one founder versus another for each chapter? you could have easily dedicated, say, hamilton or adams to the chapter on industry. you chose jefferson. why was -- how was it that you settled upon each one? jeffrey: absolutely. there is a kind of discretion in choosing who with which virtues. all the virtues are part of the family of the four classical virtues, which are prudence, temperance, courage, and justit is not a neat connectiont i thought it was helpful to focus on a founder. have to tell the story through people. it is all about biography. and then to try and show how they match the virtue or not. some are obviously more obvious than others. and had to be humility for john adams, because he struggled so mightily with it. most famously, self regarding of all of the founders. called his rotunda d in wantin c majesty. constantly beating himself up for his own suppose it vanity
justice, frederick douglass. favorite is the counterexample, frugality, james wilson and george mason's death. how did you settle upon one founder versus another for each chapter? you could have easily dedicated, say, hamilton or adams to the chapter on industry. you chose jefferson. why was -- how was it that you settled upon each one? jeffrey: absolutely. there is a kind of discretion in choosing who with which virtues. all the virtues are part of the family of the four classical virtues,...
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a chance to give her speech in washington, dc, where she met senator amy klobuchar at the frederick douglass national historic house. selma and her parents also got a tour of the white house, sponsored by congresswoman barbara lee. today, i will be sharing part of martin luther king's nobel peace prize acceptance speech. >> i accept the nobel prize for peace at a moment. when 22 million negroes of united states of america are engaged in a creative battle to end the war. lines of racial injustice. >> and that is video from her most recent speech contest. she won first place in oakland's mlk speech contest in late february, where she presented mlk, nobel peace prize acceptance speech, which bart is welcoming musicians at its stations from march 21st through the 31st. >> the transit agency says it is celebrating the life and music of 18th century composer johann sebastian bach. bach in the subways was started in new york city back in 2010, and if you would like to play music, you'll have to follow these three steps. you have to register on bart's website, apply for bart's free expressive activi
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and we i have to credit douglass for this douglass invited stenographers hired by democratic newspapers to, quote, record. and, you know, i mean, take the minutes of the debates this was at the dawn of the court reporting era. and lincoln and his backers quickly hired chicago tribune, republican stenographers. and while there their transcripts don't match their close. and this was a way again of taking phenomenal, successful popular endeavors. some those debates had 20,000. i'm not going to say listeners, because i don't think everyone could hear, but attendees anyway. but reports in the chicago times, the chicago tribune increased audience exponentially. so this is how lincoln sort of combined that effort. and then, of course very quickly, he also had to learn that as he did with the debates that that newspaper recordings and transcripts were perfect. the house the house divided address was improv effectively trance transcribed with lincoln's approval. he didn't even know that that it had happened and it took a century and don farren baker to figure out what paragraphs had been transpo
and we i have to credit douglass for this douglass invited stenographers hired by democratic newspapers to, quote, record. and, you know, i mean, take the minutes of the debates this was at the dawn of the court reporting era. and lincoln and his backers quickly hired chicago tribune, republican stenographers. and while there their transcripts don't match their close. and this was a way again of taking phenomenal, successful popular endeavors. some those debates had 20,000. i'm not going to say...
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is is fully abolitionist, inspires frederick douglass to acclaim him as. the greatest of the american presidents and dies on the floor of congress after denouncing the war with mexico and murmurs i am composed, which is a passage from cicero, suggesting finally he's achieved not contentment. some think he said am content but it was almost certainly i am composed because it's the self-mastery and self composure that defines the virtuous pursuit of happiness. i mean, there's so much more stopping, he or he argued, the amistad case for four days, you know a triumph for the enslaved africans and at the end but it's so interesting you know a friend of mine just read the book and also to john quincy adams. and so maybe i, you know, i'll beat up on myself a little bit less or my my own efforts to to make some use of my self. i'll be a little more forgiving on that. it's reassuring to see how hard he drove himself. of course, he went far too. but it's so beautiful what he achieved. the sonnets are really good too, and wrote this anti-slavery sonnet and he even tra
is is fully abolitionist, inspires frederick douglass to acclaim him as. the greatest of the american presidents and dies on the floor of congress after denouncing the war with mexico and murmurs i am composed, which is a passage from cicero, suggesting finally he's achieved not contentment. some think he said am content but it was almost certainly i am composed because it's the self-mastery and self composure that defines the virtuous pursuit of happiness. i mean, there's so much more...
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chance to give her speech in washington, d.c, where she met senator amy klobuchar at the frederick douglassr parents also got a tour of the white house, sponsored by congresswoman barbara lee. hey i will be sharing part of martin luther king's nobel peace prize acceptance speech, which i accepted nobel prize for peace at a moment. when 22 million negroes of united states of america are engaged in to create its battle to m-oh the night of racial injustice. and that is video from her most recent speech contest. she won first place in oakland's mlk speech contest in late february, where she presented mlk, nobel peace prize acceptance speech, which already starting off the workweek with a fairly nice day. >> a few clouds out there, there were a few spots of drizzle in some places. that's how it's going to go the next couple of days, with the potential for some slightly unsettled weather. but not enough to change your plans or to get out of out of sync with with like like the way today went is how tomorrow and the next day go essentially. but there will be a slight chance of a shower each one of
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the same tradition, my brother, in the face of all the organized hatred here comes frederick douglass. here comes ida b wells, here comes marcus garvey, here comes tony morrison, here comes james baldwin, here comes john cole train. you talking about a love supreme. every 2 1/2 days for 50 years in the united states in the state of texas. with any other state in the country what does that have to do with the muslim brothers. it's got everything to do with the unprecedented moment in the history of the american. for the first time in the history of this nation, the muslim community, our precious islamic brothers and sisters, are moving to the center of the discourse and constituting a crucial part of the moral conscious of america. that is part of the challenge. that's why the muslim legal fund -- give it up for our sister. that is why your leadership make such crucial difference. the legal defense fund with charles hamilton houston and so many of those freedom fighters. who would've thought in 1964 when america still had a white supremacist immigration act in place, were so many of yo
the same tradition, my brother, in the face of all the organized hatred here comes frederick douglass. here comes ida b wells, here comes marcus garvey, here comes tony morrison, here comes james baldwin, here comes john cole train. you talking about a love supreme. every 2 1/2 days for 50 years in the united states in the state of texas. with any other state in the country what does that have to do with the muslim brothers. it's got everything to do with the unprecedented moment in the history...
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professor henry louis gates latest book is about the effort by african-american writers from frederick douglass to james baldwin to write and define the black experience. its titled the black box writing the race. and one more new book that's out, we want to tell you t, retw professor alan dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-span's book tv. in this episode, we're looking at some of the new books that are coming out this spring. re are some by journalists. in april, chicago tribune investigative repoer gregory royal pratt is releasing his book on the windy city and its foer may. the title, the city is up for grabs. how chicago mayor lori litfoot led and lost a city in crisis. and in may, clinton white house communicatio director and current abc host george stephan poce will release the situate presidents in crisis. and the newest book from washington examiner political coluist timothy carney is titled family unfriendly■j how r culturmade raising kids much harder than it n
professor henry louis gates latest book is about the effort by african-american writers from frederick douglass to james baldwin to write and define the black experience. its titled the black box writing the race. and one more new book that's out, we want to tell you t, retw professor alan dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-span's book tv. in this episode, we're looking...
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professor henry louis gates latest book is about the effort by african-american writers from frederick douglass to james baldwin to write andefine the black experience. its titled the black box writing the race. and one more new bt, tell you about, lawyer and retired harvard law professor alan dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-sp's book tv. in this episode, we're looking at some of the new books that are coming out this spring. here are some byagobunee wind gr may georg room xamineesse waters, his troubling tales from the liberal fringe. and we should note that there's a new book coming out about a journalist. usa new biography about one of the most well-known broadcasters in history. barbara walters, the book, which will be released in april, is titled the rule breaker. susan page's previous bestsellers were about former pelosi and first lady barbara bush. now, as we continue our spring book preview here are some notable titles about foreign policy. cnn's fareed.merie
professor henry louis gates latest book is about the effort by african-american writers from frederick douglass to james baldwin to write andefine the black experience. its titled the black box writing the race. and one more new bt, tell you about, lawyer and retired harvard law professor alan dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-sp's book tv. in this episode, we're...
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deserved a close analysis, a careful the way that we've looked, what lincoln had to say, what frederick douglass grant and other you know, figures from the 19th century had to say. so recovering that that was was an aim. and then one last quick observation, which will help to frame our conversation. longstreet is this is a familiar name to most of you, if not all of you. i know and realize and we longstreet primarily with a particular place in a particular moment and that's gettysburg in 1863 and of course gettysburg is fascinating will have a lot to say about but part of the object my book was to say to understand this man and indeed to understand gettysburg and its legacies, you have to appreciate the other moments, key moments and the other key settings. his life, new orleans in 1867, when he makes a really surprising decision to support reconstruct in gainesville, georgia in the late 19th century not far from here. he settles and writes this memoir and really digs into the defense of his wartime record against critics. atlanta washington d.c. where he is a part of an important republican pol
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, like frederick douglass, i think i'm going to lose reelection. let's see if we could get together a clear decision group to go in and free as many people as we can. and some like underground army. right. so he was really trying to do this. he changed. he was not about that life early on, but towards the end, lincoln had to have had some moral revelatory moments. all right. so so let's let's look at how ilana responded to the beginning of the war this is this is your city. this is your city. and see how your predecessors, what they would talk about in when the war began, the local newspapers were about what the war portend for the city and the region i quote upon point, he is perfectly plain. atlanta intelligencer newspaper wrote about lincoln. he decides war. we are prepared to meet it. we are united and homogenous. this as a people every man. the south is a soldier unquote. the paper wrote in classic form the 44% of the state's population that was black and almost entirely held in chains, or the 35% of people in the region south in similar condi
, like frederick douglass, i think i'm going to lose reelection. let's see if we could get together a clear decision group to go in and free as many people as we can. and some like underground army. right. so he was really trying to do this. he changed. he was not about that life early on, but towards the end, lincoln had to have had some moral revelatory moments. all right. so so let's let's look at how ilana responded to the beginning of the war this is this is your city. this is your city....